10OVERVIEW
■The system provides fast Internet connectivity and fast corporate access to end-users.
Benefits The Visitor and Community Network System provides the following benefits:
■Existing wiring is used for simultaneous voice calls and data connections. During installation, re-wiring is not required and business operations continue normally.
The system enables a customer to use a telephone extension to place calls while sending and receiving digital data over the same cable. A second extension over the same telephone cable can be used to place another call, send faxes, or connect an analog modem.
The customer receives Internet services more conveniently at faster speeds. Hotel guests traveling on business can access corporate Intranets and use e-mail over much more convenient connections than is currently possible.
The system permits a hotel to provide new data communication services without forfeiting any POTS revenues.
■The system’s ready-to-use, out-of-the-box, room-by-room installation provides easy and cost-effective setup in an existing facility’s telecom wiring closet or private branch exchange (PBX) room. Its non-disruptive installation prevents complete hotel or floor shut downs.
■The system is totally manageable from the user VCN AP to the VCN AC. Management software provides a real-time view of system status with troubleshooting tools. Both the VCN AP and VCN AC support local management through a terminal emulating computer connection. In the VCN AC, all port cards can be centrally managed from the first card. The VCN AC supports secure remote management through a Telnet connection in the Internet or Intranet. A single VCN AP can be used to remotely download software to a VCN AC attached to an Ethernet switch and to the APs attached to the VCN AC.
■The system facilitates low cost of ownership through the re-use of common cabling systems, such as Category 5. The system presents a low cost solution while providing customers with mutiple services over a single wire, and providing operators of hotels, residential telecommunications, and office towers a single manageable network. It offers low cost maintenance and flexible tracking capabilities and is
